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Contentsxi2 <strong>The</strong> Possibility of Postponing the Eruption of theCrisis: <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>oretical Explanation of the Processof Stagflation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3993 Consumer <strong>Credit</strong> <strong>and</strong> the <strong>The</strong>ory of the Cycle . . . . . . . . .4064 <strong>The</strong> Self-Destructive Nature of the Artificial BoomsCaused by <strong>Credit</strong> Expansion: <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>ory of“Forced Saving” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4095 <strong>The</strong> Squ<strong>and</strong>ering of Capital, Idle Capacity <strong>and</strong>Malinvestment of Productive Resources . . . . . . . . . . . .4136 <strong>Credit</strong> Expansion as the Cause of MassiveUnemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4177 National Income Accounting is Inadequate to Reflectthe Different Stages in the Business Cycle . . . . . . . . . . .4188 Entrepreneurship <strong>and</strong> the <strong>The</strong>ory of the Cycle . . . . . . . . .4219 <strong>The</strong> Policy of General-Price-Level Stabilization <strong>and</strong>its Destabilizing Effects on the Economy . . . . . . . . . . . .42410 How to Avoid Business <strong>Cycles</strong>: Prevention of <strong>and</strong>Recovery from the <strong>Economic</strong> Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43211 <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>ory of the Cycle <strong>and</strong> Idle Resources:<strong>The</strong>ir Role in the Initial Stages of the Boom . . . . . . . . . .44012 <strong>The</strong> Necessary Tightening of <strong>Credit</strong> in the RecessionStage: Criticism of the <strong>The</strong>ory of “SecondaryDepression” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44413 <strong>The</strong> “Manic-Depressive” Economy: <strong>The</strong> Dampeningof the Entrepreneurial Spirit <strong>and</strong> Other NegativeEffects Recurring Business <strong>Cycles</strong> Exert on theMarket Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45614 <strong>The</strong> Influence Exerted on the Stock Market by<strong>Economic</strong> Fluctuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45915 Effects the Business Cycle Exerts on the <strong>Bank</strong>ingSector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46716 Marx, Hayek <strong>and</strong> the View that <strong>Economic</strong> Crisesare Intrinsic to Market Economies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46817 Two Additional Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474

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